A late M8... and M20 and NGC 6559 and...

RickS (Rick) · #1 03-10-2012, 11:27 PM

I collected a lot of data on this target from inner suburban Brisbane a couple of months ago but it needed a couple of hours of good data from Leyburn to bring it to life. There's about 2.5 hours from Leyburn and 5.5 hours from home. If I'd had another hour or two of the good stuff I could probably have tossed all the Brisbane data away without losing anything...

Mount: Astro-Physics AP900
Scope: Tak FSQ-106ED
Camera: Sbig STL11K, Astrodon Gen 2 filters
Guiding: Tak FS-60C and Lodestar
Focuser: Atlas
Exposures: 54x300s Lum, 14x300s each R, G & B + some 30s subs
Processing: PixInsight

The copy uploaded to IIS suffered a lot from the compression required to get it down to 200Kb, so it's worth checking out the larger version here: http://rickstevenson.smugmug.com/Ast...Bv6amed-X3.jpg

Creative criticism welcomed as always. Thanks...

Cheers,
Rick.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #2 04-10-2012, 12:01 AM

A cracking image Rick.

There's so much to see and explore. Thanks for posting.

Paul Haese · #3 04-10-2012, 12:25 AM

Nice field of view Rick, with heaps of really cool things to check out and view. Maybe just a little too pink and cyan for my taste but each to their own. Looks very smooth though.

alexandre (Alexandre) · #4 04-10-2012, 02:09 AM

Hello Rick !
It's a beautiful image !!
It's very nice !!: Thumbsup:

bye !
@lex

RickS (Rick) · #5 04-10-2012, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jjjnettie

A cracking image Rick.

There's so much to see and explore. Thanks for posting.

Thanks, JJJ!

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Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Nice field of view Rick, with heaps of really cool things to check out and view. Maybe just a little too pink and cyan for my taste but each to their own. Looks very smooth though.

Thanks, Paul. I agree the colours are not subtle

It looks a touch less garish on my calibrated monitor.

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Originally Posted by alexandre

Hello Rick !
It's a beautiful image !!
It's very nice !!: Thumbsup:

bye !
@lex

Thanks, Alex.

multiweb (Marc) · #6 04-10-2012, 09:54 AM

That is superb Rick. One for the cool wall.

Larryp (Laurie) · #7 04-10-2012, 09:57 AM

Superb image, Rick!

TheDecepticon · #8 04-10-2012, 10:10 AM

What a great shot!

Agree with Paul re the pink, though.

allan gould · #9 04-10-2012, 10:59 AM

I like the area around 6559 and prefer it to that of M8 as there is just so much going on in that area. A nice image Rick.

RickS (Rick) · #10 04-10-2012, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by multiweb

That is superb Rick. One for the cool wall.

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Originally Posted by Larryp

Superb image, Rick!

Thanks, Marc & Laurie!

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Originally Posted by TheDecepticon

What a great shot!

Agree with Paul re the pink, though.

Thanks, Gray. It is a bit over the top, I suppose

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Originally Posted by allan gould

I like the area around 6559 and prefer it to that of M8 as there is just so much going on in that area. A nice image Rick.

Thanks, Allan. I'll spend some time on 6559 at a longer FL one of these days. I've seen some lovely images of it and, as you say, it's a fascinating area!

gregbradley · #11 04-10-2012, 07:23 PM

Thats really a great image Rick.

Well done.

Greg.

whzzz28 (Nathan) · #12 04-10-2012, 07:44 PM

Excellent image Rick.

Maybe its just me but looks a bit over-saturated. Personal taste i guess.

I really need to get back out to a dark site. Will see about new moon next weekend - maybe Pete's place will be open

atalas · #13 04-10-2012, 08:38 PM

Nice work Rick.

marc4darkskies (Marcus) · #14 04-10-2012, 09:38 PM

That's a classy image Rick! Great composition and depth and good colour too. Nice work.

How about the full res version?

Cheers, Marcus

cventer · #15 04-10-2012, 10:12 PM

Awesome image.

Is that a mosaic or is that the native fov for that camera and FSQ combo.

RickS (Rick) · #16 04-10-2012, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

Thats really a great image Rick.

Well done.

Greg.

Thanks, Greg!

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Originally Posted by whzzz28

Excellent image Rick.

Maybe its just me but looks a bit over-saturated. Personal taste i guess.

I really need to get back out to a dark site. Will see about new moon next weekend - maybe Pete's place will be open

Thanks, Nathan. You could be right. I'm never quite sure where to stop. I may develop better taste with more practice, but maybe not

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Originally Posted by atalas

Nice work Rick.

Thanks, Louie.

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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

That's a classy image Rick! Great composition and depth and good colour too. Nice work.

How about the full res version?

Cheers, Marcus

Thanks, Marcus! Full res is here if you're interested: http://rickstevenson.smugmug.com/Ast...3LZd6&lb=1&s=O

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Originally Posted by cventer

Awesome image.

Is that a mosaic or is that the native fov for that camera and FSQ combo.

Thanks! It's the native FOV of about 233 x 156 arc mins.

RobF (Rob) · #17 05-10-2012, 02:44 AM

Top stuff Rick.

"Moderately amazing"!

ourkind (Carlos) · #18 05-10-2012, 03:37 AM

Wow! Gorgeous!

marc4darkskies (Marcus) · #19 05-10-2012, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by RickS

Thanks, Greg!

Full res is here if you're interested: http://rickstevenson.smugmug.com/Astro-Photography/HighRes/25737836_fng8qc#!i=2128253675&k=Sm3 LZd6&lb=1&s=O

Always interested to see full res!! Looks great! Very nicely processed Rick!

Cheers, Marcus

ozstronomer (Geoff) · #20 05-10-2012, 07:56 PM

Thats a great shot Rick, nice FOV with plenty of depth.

Imaging in the suburbs is good, but there's nothing like dark skies to bring out the detail in these images.